Ohai Chefs!
We’ve just released the first Release Candidate for Chef 12.4.0. A more
detailed blog post will be available with the final release, however for
now, some of the highlights from the release notes [1] are below:
- Integrated Syslog/Windows Event Log logging
- Fixed exception handlers
For more information on these changes, see the release notes [1]. For a
more complete list of changes, see the changelog [2]
We’d love to get your feedback on this RC. There are many ways to get it:
-
Install the latest release candidate
curl -L https://www.getchef.com/chef/install.sh | sudo bash -s – -p -
Specify a specific release candidate
curl -L https://www.getchef.com/chef/install.sh | sudo bash -s — -p -v
12.4.0 -
On Windows, pull down the MSI
Set require_chef_omnibus in your .kitchen.yml to 12.4.0.rc.0
As always, if you run into any problems, please file them on Github [3].
Thanks!
[1] https://github.com/chef/chef/blob/12.4.0rc/RELEASE_NOTES.md
[2] https://github.com/chef/chef/blob/12.4.0rc/CHANGELOG.md
[3] https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/new